Hubert claus



(No Model.)

H. GLAUS ELASTIC WHEEL.

No. 488,539. I Patented Dec. 27 .1892.

BY W N flw ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT cLAus, OF THALE, GERMANY.

'\ ELASTIC WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,539, dated December 27, 1892.

Application filed August 18, 1892. Serial No. 443,422. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT CLAIlS, a subj ect of the German Emperor, residing at Thale-on-the-I-Iarz, in the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, have made a new and useful Improvement in Elastic Connections for R0- tating Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce an elastic connection between the'outer periphery of a drum or wheel and its hub or axial connection, whereby less weight in its construction is obtaiued,without any diminution of supporting strength, and at the same time great elasticity, durability and cheapness of construction are combined.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a thin metallic corrugated or fluted sheet of metal between the rim or outer periphery of awheel or drum and its hub, and the combination and arrangement of the parts thereof substantially as hereinafter described and finally embodied in the claims. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a cross-section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a completed wheel showing my improvement.

In said drawings (1 indicates an axle upon which the wheel turns; 1) is the hub of the wheel, and 0 its outer periphery or rim. Between the rim and the hub is arranged and secured a thin metallic plate at preferably of sheet steel. This plate is corrugated or fluted, as shown in Fig. 1, the edges of said plate being made flat and secured in the hub and tating drum wherever employed. so

By the use of myimprovement, awheel thus constructed is of considerably less Weight, and owing to the great elasticity caused by the springy quality of the inserted corrugated plate 01, there will be less wear upon the parts and consequently greater durability.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. As a new article of manufacture a wheel constructed as herein described, and consisting of a corrugated or fluted elastic plate interposed between the rim and the hub of the wheel and provided with fiat edges and secured thereto, substantially as described.

2. In a wheel or drum, the combination with the hub and outer periphery of a corrugated elastic metallic plate provided with flat edges and secured thereto,substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

HUBERT OLAUS.

Witnesses W. EGGELING, ERNST L. OULvER. 

